How a Japanese-run wastewater treatment plant in Mexico shamelessly polluted
The site was shut down and Mitsui was condemned for not complying with regulations to limit the impact on the environment and health
Gabriel Trujillo, the US botanist murdered in Mexico while doing field research
The Berkeley student was shot dead in the town of Yécora, while studying plants for his doctorate thesis
Ayahuasca in hair and psychotropic trade routes: How drugs were used in pre-Incan civilization
Analysis of mummies found at the archaeological site of Cahuachi in Peru has revealed the relationship that the Nazca culture had with narcotics
Aspirin doesn’t have the same effect on a Norwegian as it does on an indigenous Mexican
Pioneering research seeks to determine the effects of drugs on Latin America’s ethnic populations
Mexican city removes stingers from stingrays to keep tourists happy
Local authorities in Huatabampo were caught on video catching the marine animals and stripping them of their spines
A strange worm emerges from one of South America’s longest rivers
The Spanish biologist who discovered the freshwater creature in the Orinoco River thinks that it has a lot of information to offer us
The crossing of ‘El Jefe’: Famed jaguar circumvents US-Mexico border wall
The celebrated predator’s reappearance in Mexico is an encouraging sign for a species on the verge of extinction, but environmentalists warn that the newly-expanded barrier poses serious threats to wildlife
Sargassum, the brown tide that is invading the Caribbean
The phenomenon has broken records this year and has become one of the great environmental concerns of the coastal areas of the region
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